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caparison, clothe, Chiefly Brit kit out or up: We can equip you<br />

with any scuba gear you may require.<br />

equipment n. gear, apparatus, furnishings, accoutrements, appurtenances,<br />

paraphernalia, kit, materiel or mat‚riel, tackle, outfit,<br />

trappings, tack, equipage, Colloq Brit clobber: They spent a<br />

fortune on mountain-climbing equipment.<br />

equitable adj. fair, even-handed, just, impartial, objective, unbiased,<br />

unprejudiced, square, fair-minded, open-minded, disinterested,<br />

dispassionate, neutral, tolerant, unbigoted, reasonable,<br />

judicious, ethical, principled, moral, proper, right-minded,<br />

Colloq fair and square: Suspects have the right to equitable<br />

treatment.<br />

equity n. fairness, impartiality, even-handedness, justice, fair play,<br />

objectivity, disinterest, fair-mindedness, equitableness,<br />

open-mindedness, disinterestedness, neutrality, tolerance,<br />

judiciousness, right-mindedness, high-mindedness: This court<br />

recognizes the equity of your claim.<br />

equivalent<br />

adj. 1 tantamount, commensurate, alike, similar, close,<br />

comparable, corresponding, interchangeable, equal, synonymous,<br />

of a piece or a kind: He didn't really believe that women's<br />

rights should be equivalent to men's.<br />

--n. 2 match, equal, peer, counterpart, twin: The garage could<br />

not supply the same part but they offered an equivalent.<br />

equivocal adj. 1 evasive, misleading, roundabout, hedging, suspicious,<br />

duplicitous, questionable, oblique, circumlocutory, ambagious,<br />

ambivalent, amphibolic or amphibolous, Colloq waffling,<br />

wishy-washy: When asked about the guarantee, they gave an<br />

equivocal answer. 2 ambiguous, vague, hazy, indefinite,<br />

unclear, indistinct, enigmatic(al), puzzling, perplexing,<br />

indeterminate, uncertain, Colloq waffling: Just say Yes or No -<br />

none of your equivocal responses.<br />

equivocate<br />

v. evade, mislead, hedge, deceive, quibble, dodge, weasel out<br />

(of), double-talk, fence, sidestep, skirt, avoid, tergiversate,<br />

prevaricate, Colloq waffle, beat about the bush, pussyfoot: I

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